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SHANGHAI
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported during that year:-
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Cotton Goods. Tls. 48,484,469] Paper Sugar
20,465,816 Misc. Piece Goods Tobacco, Cigars &c. 18,929,747 Timber Metals
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Cotton Yarn Kerosene Oil, &c.
Coal
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Cotton, Raw
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Tls.
4,112,230| Electrical Metal, 3,511,465 &c.
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Tis. 1,706,911
1,185,736
905,198
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599,181 43,949,652
17,526,991 Machinery... 15,340,441 Dyes and Colours
9,734,975 Wol. and C'ton Mix. 7,964,082 and Wol. Goods 5,532,625 Leather
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3,179,774 Gunny & C'ton Bgs. 1,341,585 3,114,616 Soap 2,803,634 Fish, Salted, &c.
Ginseng 2,749,461 Sundries 1,829,318
Total Hk. Tls. 214,967,907
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 132,515,864 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 12,550,756; and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze l'orts) Hk. Tls. 119,965,108, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 88,384,188.
Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 231,104,855 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports, Tls. 42,525,049 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong, Tls. 128,054,968, the net native imports amounting to Hk. Tis. 60,524,838.
The total values of Exports and Re-Exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries. Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1918 were:-
Cotton Goods &
Skins
Yarn.. Tls. 73,534,804 Rice
Silk
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66,252,635 Wool
Cotton, Raw
Flour
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Tls. 7,250,077 | Straw Braid.. Tls. 1,913,559
6,435,183 | Beancake
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7,166,914 Grasscloth
5,727,639 | Fans
29,379,406 Seeds & Seed Cake 18,806,495 Fibres
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T'bco., Cigs., &c........... 13,270,656 | Ground-nut
Tea
Metals...
Oil
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Hides
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13,227,492 Bristles...
9,777,302 Paper 9,736,125 Beans 9,653,924 | Tallow
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Egg Albn. & Yolk.. 9,632,051 Medicines
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1,698,083
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1,427,771 1,249,508
5,315,717 | Books, Printed ... 1,162,055 4,823,861 Nutgalls.
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1,145,252
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4,662,533 Pottery & E'ware.
645,333
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4,121,138 Silk M❜tures.
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128,877
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3,883,489
Sundries
..27,845,149
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3,184,779 2,611,685
Total Hk. Tls. 345,669,492
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 10,009,372 This shows decrease of Tls. 6,051,841 as compared with that of 1917.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances, for the year 1918 was divided amongst the different flags as under:-
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total Tonnage
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3,589 5,131,828
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Japanese British Chinese American
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French
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Dutch
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Danish
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Norwegian Russian ...
Swedish... Others
3,290 4,465,022
3,888 2,952,210 498 564,574 107 217,259 23 114,423
5,777
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76 78,957
51
101,937
86
94,855
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20,168
14
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4,890
11,630 13,746,123
Duties
8 2,032 3,597 5,133,860 Tls. 280,650
348
99,093 3,638 199,238
4,564,115
148,490
9,665
3,151,448
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39,715
19
2,807
517
567,381
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39,363
107
217,259
18,795
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23
114,423
13,750
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76
78,957
8,012
51
101,937
6,805
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86
94,855
4,438
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20,168
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1,008
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4,8J0
2
561,028
Totals
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6,152 303,170 17,782 14,049,293
The Customs Revenue, Hk. Tls. 10,903,047 for the same year, consisted of:-
Import Duties ... Hk. Tls. 5,980,490
Export Duties...
Coast Trade Duties
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2,922,040
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1,025,034
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Tonnage Dues ... Hk. Tls. 561,028 Transit Dues
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414,455
Total... ...Hk. Tls. 10,903,047
The above tables show that more than half of the whole trade of China in foreign vessels belongs to "the commercial metropolis of China."
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